The aim of the ceremony is to not only celebrate women working in modern engineering but also their drive in becoming female ambassadors in the hope that they’ll inspire other girls and young women to consider a career in engineering and technology.

“We want to inspire the next generation of engineers, especially girls – and one way of doing this is to showcase inspiring young female engineers. The YWE Awards put high-achieving female engineers and technicians in the spotlight so that they become role models for the next generation of young women to pursue careers in engineering and technology,” says Nigel Fine, the IET’s chief executive.

The design of Pyrex’s new ‘Optimum’ range was led by insights gained during consumer research. One of these insights centred on a reluctance to take the Pyrex from oven to table

To celebrate the Centenary of Pyrex, the resilient glass cookware brand, International Cookware – exclusive licensee of Pyrex – appointed design consultancy Cambridge Design Partnership (CDP) to develop a new generation of Pyrex premium ovenware.

At the start of the design process, CDP carried out detailed interviews and observations with everyday kitchenware and Pyrex users to gain insight into the current experiences and challenges of end users.

Femap with NX Nastran is being used to optimise and verify the structure of first plane to circumnavigate the earth using solar power alone

Last week we published a blog post on the Solar Impulse 2 project and its attempt to fly around the world powered only by solar energy.

Following lift off in Abu Dhabi on 9 March, the plane has been to Muscat, Oman, then Ahmedebad, India, and is currently being prepared for its third flight to Varanasi, also in India. The team’s progress can be followed via the project’s logbook.

A plan hatched by the Swiss team and co-pilots, Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg, the aim is to fly around the world with the craft’s only power coming from the sun.

The Solar Impulse 2 airplane was designed using Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE platform

The first attempt to fly around the world in a plane that is powered only by solar energy began early this morning in Abu Dhabi.

The Solar Impulse project, which has been in design and development for over 12 years, is the result of the pioneering spirit of its co-founders - Swiss aeronaut Bertrand Piccard, who co-piloted the first balloon to circle the world non-stop, and Swiss businessman André Borschberg.

The project’s first plane - Solar Impulse 1 - was a test bed for the complex new technologies, while the second Solar Impulse will carry the mission forward by flying around the world, making 12 stops over five months, with a total flight time of around 25 days.

Graduates from Renishaw’s Applications Academy are being snapped up by the global engineering firm as fast as they can complete the training

In 2010, Renishaw established a specialised internal training scheme in response to a growing demand for applications engineers.

This Applications Academy, which is a 21 month course and based at Renishaw’s headquarters in Gloucestershire, has proven popular with the company doubling its intake of graduates last year. So far 35 candidates have graduated from the Academy and have been snapped up into a number of divisions within the company.

The Applications Academy programme equips graduates with an understanding of engineering principles, manufacturing processes, methods and techniques, as well as communication and business skills.